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Public Servants are to be handed at least a five percent retroactive pay-hike for this year, amid renewed bickering between government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) over the absence of negotiations. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon said government would soon announce a wage and salary increase for public servants but it was unlikely to exceed the 2013 national ...

The residence of Yvonne Pearson, Adviser to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, was Wednesday afternoondestroyed by fire. Pearson, a former Chairman of the National Toshaos Council, was not at the Vryheid’s Lust North home when the blaze started. She said she lost all her belongings including important documents such as her birth and marriage certificates. Pearson said she did not ...

Ghana’s Western Naval Command on Tuesday arrested a foreign vessel carrying 21 bags of substances suspected to be cocaine, Ghanian news media reported on Tuesday. The vessel, “ATIYAH, George-Town”, according to a source, was travelling from Guyana arrested and was escorted by Ghana Naval Ship Yaa Asantewaa to the Sekondi Naval Base. The five men on board the ship together ...

The rice industry continues its outstanding performance, hitting an all time high this year, surpassing the fixed targets, as well as the 2012 figure by over 107,000 tonnes. Rice production for 2013 topped 529,384 tonnes exceeding the 422,057 tonnes produced in 2012, thereby increasing by 25.43 percent. According to figures provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, both crops for 2013 ...

(EMIRATES 24/7).-Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry today pledged its support to the visiting Guyana President, Honorable Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar and his high-level delegation for setting up a Guinean commercial office representing the Caribbean region in Dubai. Hamad Buamim, President and CEO, Dubai Chamber, who received the Guyanese President at the Chamber premises, stated that this visit represents a turning ...

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has expanded its Volunteer Corps (VC) to Region Nine – Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo- with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government Information Agency (GINA) said. On Wednesday November 13, 2013, the CDC VC Officially launched its Region 9 arm. The registered members comprising persons from North, South and Central Rupununi, were issued ...

Cocaine seizures across CARICOM Member States, training of police personnel and the provision of fast boats to help curtail maritime criminal activities are among the successes of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), according to a statement issued by the Caricom Secretariat. These were outlined by Co-chairs of the Fourth Meeting of the CBSI Commission Ms Astonia Browne of the ...

Two men were Tuesday arraigned for allegedly robbing a man of footwear and several other items at gunpoint. 22-year old Ronell France and 19-year old Neko Devonish pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery under arms when they appeared before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. They are accused of robbing Kestwick Miller of one pair sneakers, two cellular phones, one ...

Cricketer Carlyle Barton, who was captured on video surveillance allegedly shooting his friend on Orange Walk, Georgetown earlier this year, was freed of murder because of a lack of prosecution. City Magistrate Fabayo Azore ruled that the man be freed after none of the civilian or police witnesses came forward to testify in the case. He immediately ran out of ...

Anti-drug agents are looking for a man they say could help them probe the recent discovery of a quantity of cocaine that was destined for the United States. CANU identified the wanted man as 43-year old Robin Llewellyn Wills. Three addresses have been given for him. They are 20 J Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown; 145 Guyhoc Park, North East La ...